Slovakia at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Slovakia at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Slovakia at the; 2022 Winter Olympics
	Flag of Slovakia
IOC code	SVK
NOC	Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.olympic.sk (in Slovak)
in Beijing, China; 4–20 February 2022
Competitors	50 (37 men and 13 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Marek Hrivík; Katarína Šimoňáková
Flag bearer (closing)	Peter Cehlárik
Medals; Ranked 21st	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	Czechoslovakia (1924–1992)

Slovakia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.^[1]^[2]

Marek Hrivík and Katarina Šimoňáková were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.^[3] Meanwhile hockey player Peter Cehlárik was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.^[4]

Vlhova's gold was the first ever alpine skiing medal for the nation. Also, the hockey team made headlines around the world after upsetting the USA in the quarterfinals.

Medalists

The following Slovak competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Petra Vlhová	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	9 February
Bronze	Slovak national men's ice hockey team Branislav Konrád Patrik Rybár Matej Tomek Michal Čajkovský Peter Čerešňák Marek Ďaloga Martin Gernát Samuel Kňažko Martin Marinčin Šimon Nemec Mislav Rosandić Peter Cehlárik Marko Daňo Adrián Holešinský Marek Hrivík Libor Hudáček Tomáš Jurčo Miloš Kelemen Michal Krištof Kristián Pospíšil Pavol Regenda Miloš Roman Juraj Slafkovský Samuel Takáč Peter Zuzin	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	19 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	3	5
Biathlon	4	4	8
Bobsleigh	0	1	1
Cross-country skiing	2	3	5
Ice hockey	25	0	25
Luge	4	1	5
Snowboarding	0	1	1
Total	37	13	50

Alpine skiing

Slovakia qualified two male and three female alpine skiers.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adam Žampa	Slalom	57.76	32	53.25	25	1:51.01	25
Adam Žampa	Giant slalom	1:05.86	21	1:08.05	16	2:14.31	15
Andreas Žampa	Slalom	58.06	33	DNF
Andreas Žampa	Giant slalom	1:06.15	23	1:08.16	17	2:14.31	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rebeka Jančová	Giant slalom	1:06.56	48	DNF
Petra Vlhová	Giant slalom	59.34	13	58.81	16	1:58.15	14
Rebeka Jančová	Slalom	DNF		Did not advance
Petra Vlhová	Slalom	52.89	8	52.09	1	1:44.98
Petra Hromcová	Super-G	—	1:20.11	38
Rebeka Jančová	Super-G	—	1:20.18	39

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adam Žampa Andreas Žampa Petra Hromcová Rebeka Jančová	Team	United States (USA) L 1–3	Did not advance			12

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Šimon Bartko	Sprint	26:58.8	3 (2+1)	65
Šimon Bartko	Individual	59:47.8	7 (2+3+1+1)	88
Tomáš Sklenárik	Sprint	27:46.3	3 (1+2)	87
Tomáš Sklenárik	Individual	58:08.1	5 (2+2+1+0)	80
Matej Baloga	Sprint	27:41.3	1 (0+1)	85
Matej Baloga	Individual	58:47.1	4 (0+1+1+2)	84
Michal Šíma	Sprint	27:02.3	1 (1+0)	68
Michal Šíma	Individual	54:09.0	2 (0+1+0+1)	43
Šimon Bartko Tomáš Sklenárik Matej Baloga Michal Šíma	Team relay	LAP		21

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Ivona Fialková	Individual	49:54.2	6 (0+4+1+1)	46
Paulína Fialková		49:10.7	4 (0+2+1+1)	42
Henrieta Horvátová		52:16.1	3 (0+1+1+1)	68
Veronika Machyniaková		55:21.7	5 (1+2+0+2)	83
Paulína Fialková	Mass start	44:04.8	8 (0+3+1+4)	26
Ivona Fialková	Pursuit	40:06.3	7 (0+4+1+2)	36
Paulína Fialková	Pursuit	37:25.7	2 (0+2+0+0)	10
Ivona Fialková	Sprint	23:11.8	4 (1+3)	41
Paulína Fialková		22:12.0	1 (0+1)	14
Henrieta Horvátová		24:20.7	1 (1+0)	72
Veronika Machyniaková		26:13.2	3 (2+1)	88
Paulína Fialková Veronika Machyniaková Henrieta Horvátová Ivona Fialková	Team relay	LAP		19

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Ivona Fialková Paulína Fialková Michal Šíma Tomáš Sklenárik	Relay	LAP	9+13	17

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Viktória Čerňanská	Women's monobob	1:05.75	12	1:06.41	15	1:06.62	18	1:06.47	15	4:25.25	17

Cross-country skiing

Slovakia qualified two male and three female cross-country skiers.^[6]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Peter Mlynár	Men's 15 km classical	—				42:49.9	+4:55.1	58
Ján Koristek	Men's 30 km skiathlon	44:06.1	51	40:54.9	32	1:25:38.7	+9:28.9	45
Ján Koristek	Men's 50 km freestyle	—				1:17:26.0	+5:53.3	40
Alena Procházková	Women's 10 km classical	—				33:18.2	+5:11.9	65
Barbora Klementová		—				34:59.2	+6:52.9	77
Kristína Sivoková		—				36:12.6	+8:06.3	81

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alena Procházková	Women's sprint	3:36.84	63	Did not advance
Barbora Klementová		3:34.87	57	Did not advance
Kristína Sivoková		3:46.25	72	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Summary

Key:

OT – Overtime
GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage					Qualification playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Slovakia men's	Men's tournament	Finland L 2–6	Sweden L 1–4	Latvia W 5–2	—	3 Q	Germany W 4–0	United States W 3–2 GWS	Finland L 0–2	Sweden W 4–0

Slovakia has qualified 25 male competitors to the ice hockey tournament.^[7]

Men's tournament

Slovakia men's national ice hockey team qualified by winning the final qualification tournament.^[8]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 18 January 2022.^[9]

Head coach: Craig Ramsay

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
5	D	Šimon Nemec	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(2004-02-15)15 February 2004 (aged 17)	HK Nitra
12	F	Miloš Kelemen	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1999-07-06)6 July 1999 (aged 22)	Mladá Boleslav
13	F	Tomáš Jurčo	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 29)	Barys Nur-Sultan
14	D	Peter Čerešňák (A)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 29)	HC Plzeň
19	F	Michal Krištof	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	(1993-10-11)11 October 1993 (aged 28)	Kometa Brno
20	F	Juraj Slafkovský	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	(2004-03-30)30 March 2004 (aged 17)	HC TPS
22	D	Samuel Kňažko	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(2002-08-07)7 August 2002 (aged 19)	Seattle Thunderbirds
24	G	Patrik Rybár	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1993-11-09)9 November 1993 (aged 28)	Dinamo Minsk
25	F	Peter Zuzin	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1990-09-04)4 September 1990 (aged 31)	HKM Zvolen
27	F	Marek Hrivík (C)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 30)	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
28	D	Martin Gernát	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(1993-04-11)11 April 1993 (aged 28)	Lausanne HC
30	G	Matej Tomek	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1997-05-24)24 May 1997 (aged 24)	Kometa Brno
34	F	Peter Cehlárik (A)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1995-08-02)2 August 1995 (aged 26)	Avangard Omsk
40	F	Miloš Roman	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1999-11-06)6 November 1999 (aged 22)	Oceláři Třinec
42	G	Branislav Konrád	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 34)	HC Olomouc
44	D	Mislav Rosandić	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1995-01-26)26 January 1995 (aged 26)	Bílí Tygři Liberec
49	F	Samuel Takáč	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1991-12-03)3 December 1991 (aged 30)	Slovan Bratislava
52	D	Martin Marinčin	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1992-02-18)18 February 1992 (aged 29)	Oceláři Třinec
56	F	Marko Daňo	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1994-11-30)30 November 1994 (aged 27)	Oceláři Třinec
65	D	Michal Čajkovský	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	(1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 29)	Sibir Novosibirsk
71	D	Marek Ďaloga	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1989-03-10)10 March 1989 (aged 32)	Kometa Brno
79	F	Libor Hudáček	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 31)	Dinamo Minsk
87	F	Pavol Regenda	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1999-12-07)7 December 1999 (aged 22)	HK Dukla Michalovce
88	F	Kristián Pospíšil	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1996-04-22)22 April 1996 (aged 25)	HC Davos
89	F	Adrián Holešinský	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1996-02-11)11 February 1996 (aged 25)	HK Nitra

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	2	1	0	0	13	6	+7	8	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	0	10	7	+3	7	Quarterfinals
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	8	12	−4	3	Playoffs
4	Latvia	3	0	0	0	3	5	11	−6	0	Playoffs

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers

10 February 2022
16:40
v

Finland

6–2
(3–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 929

Game reference

Harri Säteri

Goalies

Branislav Konrád

Referees:

Stephen Reneau

Evgenii Romasko
Linesmen:

David Obwegeser

Brian Oliver

	0–1	05:33 – Slafkovský (Roman)
Manninen (Hartikainen, Pokka) – 10:17	1–1
Pesonen (Aaltonen, Filppula) (PP) – 14:22	2–1
Aaltonen (Nättinen) – 18:20	3–1
Manninen (Granlund, Lehtonen) – 29:28	4–1
	4–2	31:49 – Slafkovský (Čerešňák, Regenda)
Manninen (Hartikainen) – 40:16	5–2
Aaltonen (Ojamäki, Vatanen) (PP) – 54:57	6–2

10 min

Penalties

6 min

30

Shots

33

11 February 2022
16:40
v

Sweden

4–1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 653

Game reference

Magnus Hellberg

Goalies

Matej Tomek

Referees:

Evgenii Romasko

André Schrader
Linesmen:

David Obwegeser

Brian Oliver

Nordström (Bengtsson, Friberg) – 11:22	1–0
Wallmark (Pudas, Tömmernes) (PP2) – 18:10	2–0
Friberg (Holm, Nordström) – 19:55	3–0
Klingberg (Lander, Bromé) (ENG) – 57:44	4–0
	4–1	58:18 – Slafkovský (Nemec)

12 min

Penalties

12 min

29

Shots

41

13 February 2022
12:10
v

Slovakia

5–2
(1–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Latvia

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 943

Game reference

Patrik Rybár

Goalies

Jānis Kalniņš

Referees:

Oliver Gouin

Mikael Nord
Linesmen:

Ludvig Lundgren

Dmitry Shishlo

Marinčin (Jurčo, Hudáček) – 11:00	1–0
	1–1	15:46 – Ķēniņš (Ābols, Krastenbergs)
Cehlárik (Hrivík, Takáč) – 26:17	2–1
Slafkovský – 31:16	3–1
	3–2	42:07 – Indrašis (Meija, Cibuļskis)
Zuzin (Kelemen, Čerešňák) – 49:21	4–2
Jurčo (ENG) – 59:59	5–2

4 min

Penalties

2 min

33

Shots

20

Playoffs

15 February 2022
12:10
v

Slovakia

4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Germany

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 926

Game reference

Patrik Rybár

Goalies

Mathias Niederberger

Referees:

Tobias Björk

Mikael Nord
Linesmen:

Gleb Lazarev

Lauri Nikulainen

Hudáček (Pospíšil, Gernát) – 11:05	1–0
Cehlárik (Gernát, Hrivík) – 27:01	2–0
Krištof (Kňažko, Čerešňák) – 28:45	3–0
Hrivík (Cehlárik, Takáč) (ENG) – 57:56	4–0

8 min

Penalties

33 min

34

Shots

21

Quarterfinals

16 February 2022
12:10
v

United States

2–3 GWS
(1–1, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Slovakia

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,059

Game reference

Strauss Mann

Goalies

Patrik Rybár

Referees:

Tobias Björk

Roman Gofman
Linesmen:

Dustin McCrank

Nikita Shalagin

	0–1	11:45 – Slafkovský (Čerešňák, Regenda)
Abruzzese (Beniers, Kampfer) – 19:14	1–1
Hentges (Perbix, Smith) – 28:56	2–1
	2–2	59:16 – Hrivík (Čajkovský, Hudáček) (EA)

Brisson

Farrell

Knies

Smith

Miele

Shootout

Hudáček

Čajkovský

Krištof

Cehlárik

2 min

Penalties

10 min

35

Shots

37

Semifinals

18 February 2022
12:10
v

Finland

2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,071

Game reference

Harri Säteri

Goalies

Patrik Rybár

Referees:

Tobias Björk

Yevgeni Romasko
Linesmen:

Gleb Lazarev

Dustin McCrank

Manninen (Lindbohm, Vatanen) – 15:58	1–0
Pesonen (Hartikainen, Pokka) (ENG) – 59:21	2–0

0 min

Penalties

6 min

27

Shots

28

Bronze medal game

19 February 2022
21:10
v

Sweden

0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Slovakia

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,229

Game reference

Lars Johansson

Goalies

Patrik Rybár

Referees:

Oliver Gouin

Evgenii Romasko
Linesmen:

Gleb Lazarev

Nikita Shalagin

	0–1	23:17 – Slafkovský (Čerešňák)
	0–2	32:47 – Takáč (Regenda) (PP)
	0–3	58:26 – Slafkovský (Cehlárik) (ENG)
	0–4	58:46 – Regenda (ENG)

6 min

Penalties

4 min

28

Shots

43

Luge

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jozef Ninis	Men's singles	58.205	18	58.764	19	58.856	23	Did not advance		2:55.825	21
Marián Skupek	Men's singles	58.956	26	58.976	23	59.051	27	Did not advance		2:56.983	26
Tomáš Vaverčák Matej Zmij	Men's doubles	1:00.138	15	59.704	13	—				1:59.842	13
Katarína Šimoňáková	Women's singles	1:00.124	27	59.851	24	59.761	26	Did not advance		2:59.736	25

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katarína Šimoňáková Jozef Ninis Tomáš Vaverčák / Matej Zmij	Team relay	1:01.579	11	1:02.338	8	DNF

Snowboarding

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Klaudia Medlová	Women's big air	62.25	51.00	~~29.75~~	113.25	16	Did not advance
Klaudia Medlová	Women's slopestyle	DNS					Did not advance

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